An apology has surprisingly been issued from the creators of the now globally renowned Pokemon Go due to the game’s rather late arrival to Japan, an apology that likely would not have happened for a game of any lesser popularity or revenue potential.

The “apology” video:

The video also handily reminds players to be aware of their surroundings while playing, a sentiment that even the Japanese government has found important enough to share, as indicated by this informational poster published before the game’s arrival:

The true problem here is how much Pokeshit is getting featured on sankaku, i know everyone's riding the Pokemon Go dicksucking train but just because everyone's doing it doesn't mean it's not bad, the smartphone game is very shallow even in comparison to the very first game and it's pretty much irrelevant at this point. they're around 20 years in development and now pokemon have only 2 moves and evolve by eating candy.

I am legitimately trying to understand if this game is merely tugging at the nostalgia strings or not. I've seen what little gameplay it has, which is to say none really. Are people that fascinated by the connection of the real life map to pokemon showing up? I have friends who have camped out overnight in parks for this already. Alone. Not with other friends, but other people doing the same but not really conversing with one another.

The social element may need to be ironed out I guess, but I'm struggling to understand the appeal that made it grow so much beyond that some people may not have understood this technology existed and are completely entranced by this 'advancement' in what games provide in collusion with one of their favorite fantasy worlds.

I'm wondering if it's simply that RPGs have given me that expansive feeling for a long time so it's not something I am lacking in games I play, but obviously it's not that simple or that alone.

The poster actually says just to be careful of people trying to meet up with you, and that you should bring an adult if you really need to meet up with someone. Also that you should avoid places without any other people around, because it's possible you'll encounter a different kind of monster (actually what it says).

The little cartoon in that panel has a guy with a mask saying, "I'll give you something cool, so let's meet up just the two of us"

Using a GPS based app without moving. Not PokeGO, it basically breaks the purposed design of even GMaps. Utterly clever.
Would be much better to change it to "Mantain awareness of your surroundings when watching your phone's screen" or something similar.
And I would add another one plenty of people don't even think about : "Ask for permission before entering private property of areas with restricted areas. Entry forbidden areas are off limits for a reason, don't even bother asking."